Five... times 19th century London partied extremely hard
Just the Victorians being aspirational
Hi and welcome to your (didn’t-quite-make-the)weekend newsletter…
This edition’s a handful of Victorian and Victorian-adjacent London parties that have deservedly gone down in history, in honour of the bank holiday on the horizon: may we all hit the weekend with the same ‘why not add an elephant?’ spirit as our Londoner ancestors of old.
The world’s first underwater banquet
The Georgians, relatably, loved a niche venue.
In 1827, a huge party was held in the shadowy recesses of Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel's yet-to-be-completed Thames Tunnel: the world’s first tunnel under — and so also the world’s first banquet under — a navigable river.